The vezir pie ($6.99) is a simple pastry stuffed with marinated ground beef, with a side of tzatziki, the delectable cool and spicy yogurt sauce made with cucumber, dill and garlic.

If, like me, you won't be satisfied with simple side of delicious tzatziki, the addictive dish is also available as an appetizer ($6.25).

Other standouts on the menu include the rosemary chicken, served all juicy and fragrant in kabob-form on a skewer ($8.50); the falafels, hot fried chickpea fritters, available in a wrap ($7.50) or as part of a platter ($8.50); and shawarma chicken ($8.50) and beef ($9.95), spit-roasted and served with tahini and hummus.

A hidden gem is a restaurant that many food enthusiasts unwittingly drive by when they should be driving to it. On this note, I confess, I drove by Mediterranean Turkish Food a handful of times and never thought to visit until I found the restaurant’s universal praise online. Don’t make the same mistake I did. There are a number of places around Boston where you can get Mediterranean and Turkish food, but you want to be eating the food here.